Re: Streaked vs. Splashed
- To: hosta-open@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Streaked vs. Splashed
- From: G* O*
- Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 08:04:26 -0500
Thanks, Ray, Paul and Clyde..I think it's clear now. Streaking (or
"splashing") is by definition unstable then..So you use it for breeding not
because you want another streaked/splashed cv, but because it has the
potential to produce a stable, non streaked plant with new coloration or
variegation, right?
Gerry
At 09:26 PM 12/29/99 EST, you wrote:
>I believe the word many of us, for so long, have used to describe unstable
>variegation in hostas has been changed from "streaked" to "splashed"
>according to the American Hosta Society, Glossary of Terms.
>
>I don't know for sure why the change was made, but I suspect it was because
>"streaked" was being used to describe another characteristic, like "streaked
>to the midrib" referring to margins that occasionally streaked to the center
>of the hosta, rather than being a uniform width all around the leaf edge. A
>good example of this is H. 'Indian Feather' displayed on the front cover of
>the Journal most of use received recently.
>
>AHS, Glossary of Terms definitions:
>
>Splashed - having a variegation pattern that has many non-connected light
and
>dark variegated sections usually in streaks running nearly parallel to the
>midrib, an unstable form of variegation; i.e. H. 'Beatrice'
>
>Streaked - (see splashed)
>
>Ray Rodgers, Bartonville, IL, CIHS.
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